In a Congress where the talk of the day is fiscal austerity, the HBCU community saw proposed increases in this week’s House-approved Omnibus bill. Just weeks after many in the […]
Author: Jarrett Carter Sr.
Florida Memorial to Award Posthumous Degree to Trayvon Martin
Five years after his death sparked international dialog about racism, social justice and community policing, Trayvon Martin will be honored for the industrial ambitions he held as a teenager growing up […]
Why Didn't We Know Southern is Trying to Grow Weed on Campus?
Three months ago, Southern University held a town hall meeting to receive questions about plans for its Agriculture Center to operate as an authorized grower and research hub for medical […]
The Best Week Ever at Alabama State
Between 2012 and 2017, Alabama State University hired and fired two presidents, had its accreditation downgraded, saw multiple trustees removed from the board, was the subject of several nasty lawsuits […]
Bethune-Cookman President Addresses Campus Community on Betsy DeVos Commencement Invitation
Bethune-Cookman University President Edison Jackson has written a letter to the Wildcat community, addressing the school’s position on the invitation of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to serve as the keynote […]
Morgan State Admissions Execs Discuss 21st Century HBCU Outreach
Morgan State University Undergraduate Admissions Director Shonda Gray-Cain and Assistant Director Aaries Reed discuss the strategy behind attracting families and selling the HBCU experience to a diverse pool of potential […]
Submit Nominations for the 2017 HBCU Awards
Nominations for the 2017 HBCU Awards are now open. Submit your individuals, groups, teams and institutions for consideration for the annual awards ceremony honoring excellence among historically black colleges and […]
Betsy DeVos is Bethune-Cookman's Commencement Speaker?
Federal officials are not strangers to HBCU commencements, and when they travel to our schools, it is usually a willful message from an administration to make a specific statement about […]
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Execs Discuss 21st Century HBCU Advocacy
We talk with Thurgood Marshall College Fund Senior Vice President Emily Dickens and Senior Strategic Communications Director Paris Dennard about 21st-century advocacy for HBCUs, and the culture of building political […]
HBCU Presidents Were Fools For Going to Washington, but the HBCU All-Stars Are Cool?
Last month, dozens of presidents and chancellors from historically black colleges and universities assembled in the White House to meet with President Donald Trump and key members of his executive cabinet […]
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